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M. Visvesvaraya

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Also known as Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Kue, Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore

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  • Nation Building
  • Planned economy for India,

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Origin
Germany
Active from
1975
Active to
1986
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Quotes

  • Self-examination not moral or spiritual, but secular - that is, a survey and analysis of local conditions in India and a comparative study of the same with those in other parts of the globe.
  • The Indian mind needs to be familarised with the principles of modern progress, a universal impulse for enquiry and enterprise awakened, and earnest thinking and effort promoted. A new type of Indian citizenship purposeful, progressive and self-respecting should be created, and self-reliant nationhood developed.
  • Mental energy is wasted in caste disputes and village factions.
  • In our warm climate, we have not got the same incentive to exertion and we may never be able to attain the same level of prosperity as Western people.
  • If you feel that by giving this title, I will praise your government, you will be disappointed. I am a fact finding man.
  • *He wrote in his letter addressed to Jawahar Lal Nehru, then Prime Minister of India when the Bharat Ratna title was conferred on him, as quoted in

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Mokshagundam Visvesvaraiah
date of birth
1861-09-15
date of death
1962-01-01
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